1st Ukrainian Front

1st Ukrainian Front
Alexander Pokryshkin (center) carrying the standard of the 1st Ukrainian Front at the 1945 Moscow Victory Parade.
Active1943–1945
Country Soviet Union
Branch Red Army
TypeArmy group
RoleCo-ordination and conduct of Red Army Operations in Ukraine, Poland, and Germany
SizeSeveral Armies
Engagements
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Nikolai Vatutin (October 1943 – March 1944)
Georgy Zhukov (March – May 1944)
Ivan Konev (May 1944 – May 1945)
1st Ukrainian Front Standard for Victory Parade - at the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow

The 1st Ukrainian Front (Russian: Пéрвый Украи́нский фронт), previously the Voronezh Front (Воронежский Фронт), was a major formation of the Red Army during World War II, being equivalent to a Western army group. They took part in the capture of Berlin, the capital of Nazi Germany.


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